This Week on Books Direct -
18 November 2017
Here's a list of some great articles you may have
missed this week. Enjoy!
New York Public Library Unveils $317 Million Master Plan by Jennifer Schuessler
for The New York Times
The New York Public Library has unveiled a new master
plan for its flagship building on Fifth Avenue, bringing the long-running,
contentious saga of the Beaux-Arts landmark's renovation for the 21st century
closer to an end.
Amazon Just Revealed The Most Popular Kindle Books Of All Time by MJ Franklin for
Mashable
November 19 2017 marks a whopping 10 years since the
debut of the Amazon Kindle.
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Ace Graphic Novels By Women And Non-Binary Folks by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen for
Frankie Magazine
What to do when you’re itching for a comics fix but
don’t have enough time to get stuck into a series?
J. K. Rowling Just Tweeted The Sweetest Reply To A Struggling Writer by Sam
Haysom for Mashable
J. K. Rowling may have a reputation as something of a
Twitter badass, but she has a softer side too.
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2017 National Book Award Winners by National Book Foundation
The National Book Foundation announced the National Book Award winners.
J. R. R. Tolkien's Son Resigns As Director Of Tolkien Estate, Ending Decades Of Tightly Controlled Adaptations by Beth Elderkin for Gizmodo
Christopher Tolkien, who has safeguarded the rights of
his father J.R.R. Tolkien's work, recently resigned as director of Tolkien
Estate - signifying a major change on the horizon for adaptations of Tolkien's
work.
Neil Gaiman And Ai Weiwei Join Major Names Writing To Jailed Authors by Alison
Flood for The Guardian
Marking PEN International’s Day of the Imprisoned
Writer, authors and artists have written letters of hope and solidarity to
colleagues in prison.
How The Internet Killed The World’s Most Important Punctuation Mark by Emmy
Favilla for BuzzFeed News
We are living in a
world where the period, our most fundamental punctuation mark, is a loaded one.
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